Professional Development & Best Practice: Developing Great Teaching

Graham Donaldson

Currently a professor at Glasgow University’s Centre for Educational Change, Graham Donaldson headed Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education from 2002-10. He radically reformed the approach to inspection, combining clear accountability with self-evaluation and capacity building. A former teacher, he has also undertaken a review of the national curriculum in Wales and the 68 recommendations in his radical report, ‘Successful Futures’ (2015), have been accepted in full.

Great Teachers, Great Teaching, Great Learning - Graham Donaldson explores the need to be ambitious and to strive for great learning in every classroom (10 min 03 sec)



Great Teachers, Great Teaching, Great Learning (Presentation) - Graham Donaldson's presentation on the need to be ambitious and to strive for great learning in every classroom.


Graham Donaldson Q&As - Questions and answers on Developing Great teaching with Graham Donaldson. (11 min 10 sec)



Ask the Panel: How do we create the best learning environments for teachers and students? - Q&A panel discussion with Philippa Cordingley, Graham Donaldson, Meilyr Rowlands , David Weston TDT and Liz Free (10 min 24 sec)